Bert and Ernie — yes, Sesame Street's Muppets — have been thrust yet again into the gay marriage debate.

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]]>Eyder PeraltaGeorge Carlin, Van Halen & '27 Yankees Land On One Great 'Best Lists' ListIf you put together a list of the 100 "best lists," what might you mention? <em>The New Yorker</em> suggests they include Carlin's seven dirty words, Van Halen's famous "no brown M&M's" contract rider, and the lineup for baseball's greatest team. Is there a list to be made of the lists that were missed?Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:24:00 -0500https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/12/27/168141103/george-carlin-van-halen-27-yankees-land-on-one-great-best-lists-list?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thenewyorker
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If you put together a list of the 100 "best lists," what might you mention? The New Yorker suggests they include Carlin's seven dirty words, Van Halen's famous "no brown M&M's" contract rider, and the lineup for baseball's greatest team. Is there a list to be made of the lists that were missed?

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]]>Mark MemmottPresidential Speeches: Sound And (Partisan) Fury, Signifying Not MuchPresidential speeches are often the rhetorical equivalent of the old and discredited medical practice of bleeding patients; not doing much good in most cases, definitely harmful in many others.Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:43:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/03/12/148448949/presidential-speeches-sound-and-partisan-fury-signifying-not-much?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thenewyorker
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]]>Ashley GrashawSmall-town America, Meet Eustace TillyIs the most-recent cover of The New Yorker good satire?Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:59:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/talk/2008/07/smalltown_america_meet_eustace_1.html?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thenewyorker
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]]>David GuraOld? Sure. But Grand?Has the conservative movement come to a halt?Mon, 19 May 2008 13:59:00 -0400https://www.npr.org/sections/talk/2008/05/old_sure_but_grand_1.html?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thenewyorker
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